Building Capacity of Community-Based Organizations

CNE provides training, technical assistance, and linkages to sources of support to community and faith-based programs throughout the nation, and has a strong emphasis on their critical need for good financial management. CNE has trained leaders of more than 2,000 grassroots organizations in 39 states since 1981. CNE has leveraged resources for these grassroots organizations at a rate of more than 10 times what it has expended.

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Neighborhood Leadership Development Institute

CNE developed a comprehensive curriculum for the unique needs of grassroots groups, addressing personal development, organizational development, and community development. Within that framework, seminars and workshops are organized to address problems in a specific community or around a specific issue. Recent workshops have focused on youth violence prevention and intervention programs as well as location specific leadership training in communities across the country. More information can be obtained by contacting CNE at info@cneonline.org

Capacity Building Technical Assistance

This program aims to improve the management or governance of community and faith-based organizations through tailored, one-on-one “technical assistance,” which CNE defines as the process of working collaboratively with an organization to understand its strengths and weaknesses and to improve a particular aspect of its performance. CNE provides customized Technical Assistance in the following areas:

• Board Development
• Financial Management
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Organizational Development
• Program Development
• Resource Development

In addition, the Center brings the Executive Directors of Community and Faith-Based groups in Washington, D.C. together through its Hands Across Network. The Hands Across Network was created by CNE in 1998 as a forum for inner-city community and faith-based organizations to learn about each other, share advice and problems, form partnerships for client referral and joint programming, and participate in professional development. Before the Hands Across Network existed, many of the member executive directors worked in relative isolation and had inadequate opportunities for professional development. For more information about CNE’s Capacity Building Program and the Hands Across Network, contact info@cneonline.org.

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION

Contact: Geanie Kase 
The Center For Neighborhood Enterprise
1625 K Street NW Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-518-6500 ext: 242
Email: Gkase@cneonline.org